GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
Right to Information Act, 2005 (Central Act 22 of 2005) –Amendment to A.P.
Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 to provide and accept
the Postal Orders and Court Fee stamps towards application and cost for
providing information -Notification - Issued.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (Coordination, GPM&AR) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No. 740
Dated : 01-10-2007.
Read the following:1. G.O.Ms.No. 454 GA (I&PR.II) Deptt, Dated: 13.10.2005.
2. G.O.Ms.No. 530 GA (I&PR.II) Deptt, Dated: 29.11.2005.
3. G.O.Ms.No. 545 GA (I&PR.II) Deptt, Dated: 12.12.2005.
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ORDER:
The following Notification shall be published in the Extraordinary issue
of the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, dated the 4th October 2007.
NOTIFICATION
2.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section (1) of section 27 of
the Right to Information Act, 2005 (Central Act 22 of 2005), the Governor of
Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following amendments to the Andhra
Pradesh Right to Information (Regulation of fee and cost) Rules, 2005 issued
in G.O.Ms. No. 454, General Administration (I&PR.II) Department dated 13th
October, 2005 and published in the Rules Supplement to part I, Extra-ordinary
issue of the Andhra Pradesh Gazette No. 73, Dated the 13 th October, 2005 as
subsequently amended.
AMENDMENTS
In the said rules,
1. In Rule 3,(i)
for the words “by an application fee by way of cash” the words “by
an application fee, by affixing the court fee stamps on the
application or by way of cash or by postal order” shall be
substituted.
(ii )
the following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:“Provided that White Card Holders are treated as people below the
poverty line and are exempt from payment of application fee”.
(P.T.O)
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2.
In Rule 4, for the words “by way of cash” the words “by affixing the court
fee stamps or by way of cash or postal order” shall be substituted.
3.
In Rule 5 after the words “Head of Account”, the words “except in the
case of Court fee Stamps” shall be added.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
JAGANNATH PRASAD MURTY
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.